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Dec 1, 2018 at 0:13 comment added Misunderstood Rather than a heatsink you can use a power resistor between the 24V and the 5V regulator input to alleviate the thermal load on the regulator.
Nov 30, 2018 at 2:55 comment added Damien Actually it is not that correct. It is a general assumption that linear regulator gives a smooth output. But in fact, it might be worse than a well done buck with filtering. The linear regulator are not good at ripple rejection, if you have an input with ripple, the output will also have significant ripple. Also linear regulator do oscillate on their own and varies depending on the current and capacitive load (capacitive load which varies over temperature if you use ceramic caps, thus you have a temperature dependent ripple).
Nov 29, 2018 at 20:54 comment added Harper - Reinstate Monica Shouldn't ripple on a DC supply be fairly easy to correct? AC guy talking here. @Jounathaen Better a good half answer, than a good half answer and a shabby half answer that's only there for statutory reasons.
Nov 29, 2018 at 16:33 comment added tylisirn Is that better now, @Jounathaen?
Nov 29, 2018 at 16:30 history edited tylisirn CC BY-SA 4.0
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Nov 29, 2018 at 15:57 comment added Jounathaen This is correct, but to be picky: It does not really answer the question, but only parts of it
Nov 29, 2018 at 14:13 history answered tylisirn CC BY-SA 4.0